Sapper Richard Reginald Walker killed in Afghanistan

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Sapper Richard Reginald Walker from 28 Engineer Regiment, attached to 21 Engineer Regiment as part of the Task Force Helmand Engineer Group, was killed in Afghanistan on Monday 7 January 2013.

Sapper Richard Reginald Walker [Picture: via MOD]

Sapper Walker was shot in an apparent ‘insider attack’ by a member of the Afghan National Army (ANA) at Patrol Base Hazrat in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province on Monday 7 January 2013. He was working on a construction task with other military engineers from his Troop, as part of the preparations to hand the camp over to Afghan security forces, when the Afghan soldier turned his weapon on ANA and ISAF soldiers at the base. The incident resulted in a number of casualties, all of whom were extracted to the Bastion Role 3 medical facility where Sapper Walker was pronounced dead.

OUR LOSS – HEAVENS GAIN. WE GRIEVE FOR THE FAMILIES AND THE COLLEAGUES OF THIS YOUNG SOLDIER, KILLED BY SOMEONE HE WAS TRYING TO HELP. OUR THOUGHTS GO TO OUR WOUNDED AND TO OUR MEDICS. GOD BLESS AND KEEP ALL SAFE. FROM THE MO AND JO TEAM SOMERSET

My condolences to You, buddies, Ministry of Defence and loved ones of Sapper Richard Reginald Walker, killed on Afghanistan on time where peace seem reached. My thougths and prayers are for you and loved ones of him and all fallens of this interminable war, that is logorant for you all, as, now more than yesterday is a terroristic war . Claudio Alpaca